To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed the entire object, paste this HTML in websiteTo link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or documentTo embed this page, paste this HTML in website

Reminiscences: John Alexander Stikeleather, 4th North Carolina Infantry, Company A.

Preface
I knew not when I first penned these recollections of the civil war between the states, that I would ever have them published, or if I should, but the for any further use, and to scatter among my relatives and special friends. But, it has since occurred to me, that what they would appreciate might be of interest to a large circle of readers. The experience of one soldier, in the war between the states, was largely the experience of all other soldiers, with a great variety of details of course. I have given among details gleaned from among the common soldiery. There was a fine social feeling manifested between officers and men in the Confederate Army. If the Confederate soldier was true grant, he was all right, whether officer or private, if you showed the white feathers, then he was all wrong, no difference what his rank. And after the fighting commenced, it didn't take long to get into the true inward nest of a man's fighting ability, whether officer or private. The writer's position in the service, was about halfway between the rank and file, and his love and respect goes out to both. May 7, 1909

Preface
I knew not when I first penned these recollections of the civil war between the states, that I would ever have them published, or if I should, but the for any further use, and to scatter among my relatives and special friends. But, it has since occurred to me, that what they would appreciate might be of interest to a large circle of readers. The experience of one soldier, in the war between the states, was largely the experience of all other soldiers, with a great variety of details of course. I have given among details gleaned from among the common soldiery. There was a fine social feeling manifested between officers and men in the Confederate Army. If the Confederate soldier was true grant, he was all right, whether officer or private, if you showed the white feathers, then he was all wrong, no difference what his rank. And after the fighting commenced, it didn't take long to get into the true inward nest of a man's fighting ability, whether officer or private. The writer's position in the service, was about halfway between the rank and file, and his love and respect goes out to both. May 7, 1909